Broom-guard.



P m A S U APPLICATION FILED PEB.26,1904.

Patented April 18, 1905.

UNTTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

STEPHEN (7+. VILSON, OF PHlLADELPl-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BROOM-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,813, dated April18, 1905.

Application filed February 26,1904. Serial No. 195.351.

To {LU zr/mm/ it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN (9r. \VILsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBroom-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to broom-guards; and it consists of improved meansfor increasing theli fe of the broom by preventing the breaking of itssplints.

It further provides means for confining the broom and preventing itsbeing forced out of shape.

It also consists in making such means adjustable in conformity with thewear of the broom and the use to which it is to be put.

it further consists of novel features of construction, all as will behereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents in perspective a portion of a broom provided with mydevice. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of a portion of the device detachedfrom the broom.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a broom provided with theordinary handle 2, having stitched or wire coils 3.

i designates a row of stitching round the top of the broom.

designates my device, shown as consisting of two wires having similararch-shaped portions 6 on each side of the broom, which are provided attheir middle points with a convolution T. The ends of the wires aretwisted at 8 to form a vertically-extending portion, at the top of whichis a hook 9, having a reverted-upward portion 10.

The operation is as follows: The guard is slipped down over the broom,as shown in Fig. l, and its hook 9 engaged with any one of the pluralityof stitches 4: at the head of the broom. As shown, it is attached to themiddle of the three rows. It is clear that if it were attached to thelowermost row it would serve still more strongly to confine the broomand prevent its spreading. By reason of its arch shape, and particularlyby reason of the resilient coils T at each face of the broom, it affordssufficient resiliency to permit the broom to be used on any carpet orother fabric. \Vhen it is desired to give the broom greater flexibility,the books i) may be engaged with the middle row of stitching, as

shown, or with the extreme upper row, or the spring may be moved upwardin this manner as the ends of the ln-oonrsplints wear away, therebygiving approximately the same flexibility to the partially-wern broom asto a new one.

The particular zulvantage of my device is that of preventing thebreaking of the splints at the lower line of stitching bysubstitutingfor this rigid line a yichling device. The function of thereverted upwardly-extending portion 10 on the hook 9 is to maintain thedevice in its proper position by preventing its being moved eitherupward or downward as the broom is handled. By making the portion 6,which rests against the faces of the broom, of the arch shape shown, andparticularly by providing therein the convolution 7 or an equivalent, 1provide a yielding line which acts to prevent breakage of thebroomsplints, \vhileat the same time the device prevents unduesprezuling of the broom.

It is evident that various changes may be made by those skilled in the.art which will come within the scope of my invention, and 1 do not,therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction herein shown and described.

l'laving thus described my invention, what [claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is--- l. A detachable resilient broom-guardcomprising two wires eachhaving an arch-shaped portion with an integralspring therein contacting with the face of the broom, the ends of saidwires being united at the edges of the broom and bent to form hooksdetachably engageable with any of the lines of stitching on the broom.

2. A detachable resilient broom-guard comhooks detachably engageableWith any of the prising two Wires each having an arch-shaped lines ofstitching on the broom. portion With an integral spring therein conitacting With the face of the broom, the ends 5 of said Wires beingtwisted together at the \Vitnesses:

edges of the broom and provided at their up- JOHN A. TIEDERSHEIM,

l 1 GEO. L. COOPER.

STEPHEN (3r. WILSON.

per ends With inwardly-projecting reverted

